Active Directory, Group Policy, IIS, PowerShell, and Hyper-V — the core skills for administering Windows Server environments. Text-first, practitioner-written, with links to the canonical Microsoft docs and every reference video worth your time.
This is a text-first course that links out to the best supporting material on the internet instead of trying to replace it. The goal is to make this the best course on Windows Server administration you can find — even without producing a single minute of custom video.
Bo builds production systems for U.S. federal agencies and has trained 400+ professionals. This course reflects how Windows Server actually behaves in enterprise environments, not how Microsoft's marketing describes it.
Every day has working PowerShell snippets and CLI examples you paste into a terminal and run right now. You will configure AD DS, apply a GPO, and spin up a Hyper-V VM before the week is over.
Instead of re-explaining what's already in the official docs, this course links to the definitive Microsoft Learn articles and the best community deep-dives — so you're always reading the source of truth.
Each day is designed to finish in about an hour of focused reading plus hands-on work. You can do the whole course over a week of lunch breaks. No calendar commitment, no live classes, no quizzes.
Each day stands alone. Read them in order for the full picture, or jump straight to the day that answers the question you have today.
AD DS installation, promoting a domain controller, creating organizational units, managing users and groups, and the fundamentals of Group Policy Object structure.
GPO creation and linking, security filtering, loopback processing mode, WMI filters, and troubleshooting policy application with gpresult and the Group Policy Management Console.
Installing Internet Information Services, creating application pools with correct identity, configuring bindings and host headers, installing SSL certificates, and hardening IIS against common misconfigurations.
Cmdlets and pipelines, PowerShell remoting with Enter-PSSession and Invoke-Command, importing AD and server modules, writing automation scripts, and scheduling tasks with Task Scheduler and scheduled jobs.
Virtual machine creation, virtual switch types (internal, external, private), checkpoint strategies, live migration requirements and process, and Storage Spaces for resilient virtual disk storage.
Instead of shooting our own videos, we link to the best deep-dives already on YouTube. Watch them alongside the course. All external, all free, all from builders who ship this stuff.
Community walkthroughs of AD DS installation, domain controller promotion, OU design, and Group Policy fundamentals on Windows Server 2022.
Demos of bulk user creation, account management, and AD reporting with the ActiveDirectory PowerShell module. Essential for Day 4.
Step-by-step Hyper-V installation, VM creation, virtual switch configuration, and live migration walkthroughs on Windows Server 2022.
Practical IIS setup guides covering application pools, bindings, SSL certificate binding, and basic hardening for production environments.
GPO creation, linking, filtering, and troubleshooting. Covers the GPMC console, gpresult output interpretation, and loopback processing.
How WinRM works, enabling remoting, Enter-PSSession vs Invoke-Command, and securing remote PowerShell with JEA (Just Enough Administration).
The best Windows Server admins study open-source tooling that complements the platform. These repositories implement patterns that appear throughout the course.
The cross-platform PowerShell runtime. Reading the source clarifies how cmdlets work, how the pipeline binds objects, and how remoting sessions are established. Canonical reference for Day 4.
DSC resource module for managing Active Directory infrastructure as code. Shows exactly which AD attributes and operations are scriptable — valuable for anyone automating domain configuration.
Microsoft's open-source test implementations of core Windows protocols — SMB, LDAP, Kerberos, and more. The authoritative reference for understanding what these protocols actually do.
Microsoft-signed AD PowerShell module importable without RSAT. Used by security professionals and admins alike. Study it to understand what information is exposed via the AD provider.
You administer Windows Servers day-to-day and want a structured reference that covers the five domains you actually touch — AD, GPO, IIS, PowerShell, and Hyper-V.
You're studying for AZ-800/801 or the MCSA path and want a practical companion that explains the concepts you'll actually be tested on with working examples.
You write code but your new role requires administering the Windows infrastructure it runs on. This course gives you the operational foundation without the noise.
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